Such effort to recall: a woodpile: some hunger: some conduction: Such is:

dream house: is prairie fire:

Hung up: the upper part of a thing: We never say: nor do we say: by the

skin: presently feeling: befitted: A certain limit: of movement: in the

firmament: dividing itself: refracted: over:

What stop: in walking: in imitation of the body: its breathing: See: cloud

strife, marble: See: it's just material: its shadow: hatchings of air: road and

trail: of thread:

From up here: bulbs: bellowing: a round vessel: fineness sometimes: a

mason jar: of pressed oil: The part spoken of: A full stop:

This generating: in concordance: so much to be said: Open-mouthed: you

will not: no: you will not: Field: This is: blank is: is blank:

No facts: since run: in a window of light: In the perfect home: not

mentioned: at all times: To have not: moved away: To dream: that people

are aware:

Did not want: to appear: in the room often: want to show: the room well:

the hollow: Had not anticipated the fall:

Here delighted: an inward impression: nearly to reason: By means of: a

mossy plain: so capable: of delicate kind: Here wanting: to display: a

roomful: a dreaming of feeling: buoyancy:

We rise: to some feet: in autumn: In light of: of running: assailed by: to

scope: to have some sleep: and finally quiet

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Gale Marie Thompson's first collection of poems, Soldier On, is forthcoming from Tupelo Press. She has works published or forthcoming in TheDenver Quarterly, Volt, Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, Salt Hill, H_NGM_N, and others. Originally from South Carolina, she is a recent graduate of the University of Massachusetts MFA Program and is a PhD candidate at the University of Georgia. She is creator and editor of Jellyfish Magazine.